WASHINGTON (The Thursday Times) — Police aur hukkam ke mutabiq Jumeraat ki subah Washington ke ilaqe Logan Circle mein aik maslah shakhs ne aik gym ke andar aur bahar paanch afraad ko goliyan maarin, jin mein se aik halak ho gaya. Baad mein us ne aik apartment building mein, jahan woh morcha band tha, khud ko goli maar li.
Metropolitan Police Department ke uboori sarbarah Jeffery Carroll ne sahafiyon ko bataya ke firing maqami waqt ke mutabiq subah aath baje se kuch pehle White House se taqreeban aik meel shimal mein 15th Street NW ke 1500 block par waqe VIDA Fitness gym mein shuru hui. Ahlkar 30 second ke andar mauqe par pohanch gaye aur gym ke andar aik zakhmi shakhs ko paaya, jo wahin dam tor gaya.
Hukkam ke mutabiq qareeb hi mazeed chaar afraad goliyan lagne se zakhmi halat mein mile, jinhein hospital muntaqil kiya gaya. In mein se aik ki halat tashweeshnak hai, jabke baqi teen ke sehatyaab hone ki tawaqqo hai. Qanoon nafiz karne wale idare ke aik ahlkar ne bataya ke hamla awar ne in mein se aik ko parking garage ki lift mein goli maari.
Police ke mutabiq mushtaba shakhs, jo aik safaid faam mard aur isi gym ka rukn tha, is ke baad isi block ki aik imarat ki saatvin manzil par aik apartment mein morcha band ho gaya. Muzakrat karon ne aik ghante se zyada us se baat ki. Phir ahlkaron ne goli chalne ki awaaz suni, darwaza tor kar andar dakhil hue aur use goli ke zakhm ke saath paaya. Qanoon nafiz karne wale idare ke aik ahlkar ne baad mein bataya ke woh halak ho gaya.
Carroll ne kaha ke bazahir is shakhs ka imarat ki homeowners association se tanaza chal raha tha, taham unhon ne muharrik ke baare mein mazeed tafseel nahin batai.
Mayor Muriel Bowser ne kaha: “Hum sadme mein hain. Aaj subah hamare shehar mein aik shakhs ko qatl kar diya gaya, yeh bandooq ke tashaddud ka aik bemani waqia hai.”
Gym mein maujood James Spellman ne bataya ke firing shuru hone ke waqt wahan taqreeban 50 afraad maujood thay. Unhon ne kaha: “Chand hi second mein aik aadmi zameen par gir para.” Un ke mutabiq unhon ne gym ke andar taqreeban do aur bahar paanch ya chhe goliyan chalne ki awaaz suni.
FBI, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Secret Service aur National Guard ke daste bhi police karrawai mein shamil hue. Qareebi schoolon ko alert par rakha gaya, 15th aur P Streets ke atraaf ki sarkein band kar di gayin aur Dupont Circle aur Farragut West Metro stations par police ki maujoodgi barha di gayi.
August 2025 se National Guard ke daste darul hukoomat mein gasht kar rahe hain, jab Sadr Donald Trump ne shehar ki policing wafaqi control mein le kar jaraim se nimatne ke liye saikron Guard ahlkar bheje thay. Yeh taeenaati ab bhi jari hai.
